ICT, Integration, Culture and Tolerance

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ICT, Integration, Culture and Tolerance

• Education and Culture Lifelong Learning Programme
  GRUNDTVIG 2007-2009

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Start line Heterogeneous target
groups immigrants, women and men in rural areas
and young people at risk of social
marginalization Lack of skills and
qualifications Trough this project we want to
identify best practices both in intercultural
work and social integration of the above
mentioned target groups. Taking in to account
these findings we will implement a working model
and an activity plan in order to achieve the aims
of the project.
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Partners

• Belgium Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg dept SAW
  (KHLIM) (Catholic University College Limburg)
  Dept Social Agogical work A public institution
  for students from 18 years until Bachelor
  degree regular 3 years study for social
  educatorSpecial program for adults who wants to
  go learning again with work based learning
  program STUWER

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Belgium partner
Geel
Brussels
Hasselt
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• Turkey ÇUKUROVA KÖYLERI DAYANISMA VE KÜLTÜR
  DERNEGI . Private institution that provides
  social care to Kurdish migrants.

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Turkish partner
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• Spain 1 Adults Education Center FPA Beniassent
  (Alicante). Is a public institution that offers
  both formal and non formal courses for adult
  learners in two towns (Secondary Degree,
  Literacy, Spanish for Immigrants, Languages
  (Valencian, English, French), ICT, workshops
  (handcrafts, performance, music, sport, etc.)

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Spanish partner 1
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• Spain 2
• Permanent Education Centre Siete Villas.
  Ubrique. Cadiz. (Coordinating Institution) Is a
  public institution that offers both formal and
  non formal courses for adult learners in eight
  small towns (Secondary Degree, Spanish for
  Immigrants, ICT, English, workshops, etc.)
• FORSICA (Formación Sierra de Cádiz), is a
  private, educational organisation focused on
  languages (ESL and Spanish) and ICT (computing
  and design). Its 3 centers offer official (ie.
  accredited) courses, as well as private
  programmes for adults and children. The emphasis
  in adult learning is on continuous training
  (workers), enhancing employability (youngsters,
  unemployed) and reinsertion for long-term
  workers. On-site, online and distance learning.

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Spanish partner 2
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Aims

• To list difficulties, problems and needs in our
  organizations
• To detect how the immigrants see the hosting
  countries the people, the culture, the
  traditions, the attitude towards them
• To detect how the native learners see the
  immigrants the people, the culture, the
  traditions, their attitudes
• To discuss and analyse the depth of knowledge of
  the other party

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• To improve the knowledge of the other party and
  to implement the cultural dialogue trough an
  active plan
• To create a common virtual work space and
  disseminate our work
• To Implement ICT tools as a way to improve the
  competences of adults in adapting themselves to a
  changing society and to the requirements of the
  labour market.

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• To Improve the accessibility and use of learning
  opportunities for adults, focusing on cultural
  aspects.
• To extend the availability and quality of life
  long learning in rural areas.

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• To decrease the drop out rates among people with
  family duties and/or work schedule difficulties
  giving them the opportunity to participate in a
  more flexible learning model which is blended
  learning.
• To unify teaching methods via the shared virtual
  space, increasing the efficiency of the learning
  process.

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Activity table 1st year (1/2)
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Activity table 1st year (2/2)
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Website

• http//www.icttolerance.eu

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Questions

• Have you got immigrant learners in your
  institution ?
• Describe the problems that you think these
  learners experience in your learning institutes
  due of their migrant situation ?

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• Do you organise special activities for immigrant
  learners to help them to be succesfull in your
  institutes ?
• How do you think that modern teaching methods
  like internet distance learning, learning
  environments, ICT in general, etc could improve
  the education of immigrants ?

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• Have you had already experience with video
  conferences or webcam teaching to improve
  learning with adults ?